Grants and Guidelines

Research Exchanges

The Research Exchange grants are available to support living expenses for graduate students, post-docs and faculty engaged in international glass research exchanges. The awards are based on the proposal's relevance to enhancing new functionality in glass. New and promising international collaborations are especially encouraged and desired. The duration of the visit should be sufficient to provide meaningful exchange and foster future collaboration, nominally a semester (2-5 months).

For US applicants both travel and living expenses are available for the international exchange. For foreign visitors to the US, the travel and living expenses are generally* provided by the sending institution. For researchers from certain developing countries some support may be available for housing.

The research exchange should be viewed as a partnership between the two exchanging organizations both of which share responsibility for the quality of the project and the qualifications of the applicant. The IMI will expect that the principal investigators on both sides of the partnership have adequately assessed the qualifications of any graduate students or post docs involved in the exchange. The IMI will award based on the quality of the proposal, it’s relevance to new functionality and it’s potential to generate new interactions. Application for this grant should be submitted by the person who intends to travel, i.e. the person who will be receiving the funds. To apply the applicant must submit a Proposal for International Research Exchange Collaboration form including a brief proposal along with letter of commitment from the hosting investigator.

* While generally the sending institution pays the travel expenses for foreign visitors, some travel support may be available for visitors from countries with limited resources. NSF guidelines for International support will apply.